Friends of Historic Woolsey

Preserving Our Yesterdays for Tomorrow 

 Help Save Historic Woolsey Church!

WOOLSEY, GEORGIA 
Community –Past and Present

 
With people moving to the counties surrounding Atlanta, both Woolsey and Fayette County continue to grow. Today, Woolsey has 226 residents. The town’s motto is “Where Life is Slower and Simpler.” Woolsey is the smallest town in Fayette County, one of the 28 Metro Atlanta counties. Help us celebrate Woolsey's past, present, and future.
 
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Woolsey School - Courtesy of Mayor Laggis
Train Depot–Ben Roberts Collection @ Locomotive  Museum (Courtesy of Teresa Roby)
Peach Packing Plant Courtesy of Fayette County Historical Society
Peach Packing Plant Workers Courtesy of Fayette County Historical Society
Bobby Jackson and Mary Jane Sams in 1937 @ Peach Packing Plant from the B. Jackson Collection
Mary Jane and Mary Moore Sams@ Peach Packing Plant – from the Bobby Jackson Collection
Aerial View of early 1950s Woolsey – Courtesy of Sylvia Schell
Pre Hwy 92 Woolsey GA from the Bobby Jackson Collection
Erick Peeples and M. G. Sams in Woolsey 1947: B. Jackson Collection
Centennial Celebration by James Lovett ©1993
Centennial Celebration by James Lovett ©1993
Centennial Celebration by James Lovett ©1993
Ann Woolsey Jackson with grandchildren 
@ Centennial Celebration Courtesy of T. Roby
I. G. Woolsey Descendants by James Lovett © 1993
Woolsey Town Hall Photo by Gary Laggis ©2019
Store Before Restoration Photo by Gary Laggis
Woolsey Town Hall by Gary Laggis ©2019
Woolsey Town Hall by Gary Laggis ©2019
Inside Woolsey Town Hall by Gary Laggis ©2019
Mayor Laggis by Jenny Burdette ©2021
Photo by Jenny Burdette ©2021
Photo by Jenny Burdette ©2021
Woolsey Town Hall by Jenny Burdette ©2021
Photo by Jenny Burdette ©2021
School by Jenny Burdette ©2021
Photo by Jenny Burdette ©2021
Photo by Jenny Burdette ©2021
John Morgan McLean Home from Linda Blum-Barton Collection
I. G. and Arva Woolsey from the J. L. Wilcox Collection
Woolsey Home in 2016
M. G. Sams in Woolsey from the Bobby Jackson Collection
Inside Store from the Bobby Jackson Collection
M. G. Sams' Racecar in Woolsey from the Bobby Jackson Collection
Inside Store from the Bobby Jackson Collection
Mary Jane Sams with grandmother from the B. Jackson Collection
RR in Woolsey from the Bobby Jackson Collection